Just curious, do you any research for your characters?
It was very interesting to hear Timothy's take on making a water filter. The littlest details--like being worried about the mosquitoes that could lay their eggs in the water--gives your story a nice sense of realism, especially with Timothy's occupation.

@Odd1Out: Um. Research. I don't do any research for their personality but I did do research to story things, like the water filter. I can't remember where and when I learned of a homemade water filter, maybe I was thinking about aqueducts and those huge circular water filters in the middle east, and I thought to do some research into homemade ones since filtering water is such a life necessity and it seems there's so many ways to do it.

I really like that one for when you're stranded in a boat where you can put salt water in it and have the heat of the sun and through evaporation have drinking water. They're all very simple objects that do great things.

OH GOD, I'M LIKE TIMOTHY.

But yeah, I have to do a lot of research for Timothy and Richard who are knowledgeable in fields I am not.

As for the mosquitoes, that's personal experience. I live in a state that used to be swampy and in Vietnam mosquitoes are also a problem so I know the dangers of still water.

Man, I hate mosquitoes.

Haha, I'm glad the details add to the realism. If I could I'd just make Timothy talk about them endlessly but that's not healthy for the story. Haha.